Posted by tngui79 on May 3, 2012 in
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AVOID office politics as much as possible. But what if getting involved in politics is something which becomes unavoidable? For instance, if someone smears your name or reputation and drags it across the floor, past the CEO’s office on the way to the toilet? The best method of dealing with office politics and rumor mills, […]
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Posted by tngui79 on March 7, 2012 in
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Ever so often, a ‘slick joe’ will come up to you and announce who they know and what they can do to potentially add value to your business. Be wary of such individuals. More often than not, they possess the skill of reading your non-verbal cues, posture and facial expressions in an attempt to get […]
Tags: facial expression, lunch, non-verbal communication, trumpets
Posted by tngui79 on December 20, 2011 in
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No, this isn’t going to be a physics lesson about the kinetic energy derived from heated water that has evaporated into steam driving huge turbines. In the workplace, picture yourself as a new employee just entering an unknown and unfamiliar environment. The worst thing that could happen is for everyone to leave you alone, look […]
Tags: cohesion, corporate activities, Group think, new hires, probation
Posted by tngui79 on December 12, 2011 in
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Have you ever sat and watched the National Geographic Channel showing a programme about spawning salmon hopping and swimming upstream to reach their spawning grounds? What makes the millions of salmon want to swim upstream, against the current? Spawning salmon know that in order to ensure the survival of their species, they must fight to […]
Tags: Change agent, efficiency, Go against the flow, managers, process, Salmon theory, why
Posted by tngui79 on September 8, 2010 in
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“…God’s sake, STICK TO IT!”